Performance Analytics Expert Group

Performance Analytics Expert Group

The Performance Analytics Expert Group (“P Group”) is a forum for performance analytics professionals to discuss and develop ideas, concepts and theories relating to performance measurement and analysis, and produce working papers for submission to industry associations and regulators.

The charter of the P Group is:

"a forum for investment professionals to discuss and develop ideas, concepts and theories relating to performance measurement and analysis, and produce working papers for submission to industry associations and regulators"

The current Chair of the P Group is Stuart Hoy from J.P. Morgan Chase and the Deputy Chair is Stephen Campbell from KPMG.

Performance analysts and those involved with the Standards are encouraged to join the P Group as a forum to keep informed on performance issues and changes to the Standards.

The main features of this Standard are to specify the principles adopted when calculating Total, Growth and Distribution Returns; enable proper assessment of Product returns when comparing Month-End returns, after fees and tax paid by the Product, with market indices and other Products (ie peer comparisons), ensure there is as much consistency as possible with the Australian Investment Performance Measurement and Presentation Standards and Global Investment Performance Standards.

The main features of this Standard are: To specify standards to be adopted by a Financial Services Council member in the promotion of its Financial Products and Services; as well as provide guidance in the interpretation and application of those standards.

The purpose of this Guidance Note is to assist Financial Services Council members in following the global standard for the presentation of historical investment manager performance through adoption of the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS).

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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) and GIPS 2020

The CFA Institute GIPS are recognised as global best practice for investment performance reporting and presentation, providing for consistent and transparent reporting framework.

The GIPS Standards were updated in 2019, with an effective date of 1 January 2020, with three new GIPS Standards released as follows:

The CFA Institute has also developed a number of explanations to the provisions within the GIPS Standard, with explanations for Provisions in Section 1, 2 and 3 now available on the CFA Institute website. As further explanations are completed they will be available on the relevant website.

Asset Owners – until the guidance for Asset Owners is completed, the CFA Institute has suggested that asset owners may find it helpful to consider the guidance for firms, with many of the concepts being very similar.